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Lord Wellesley's transformative era in colonial India with wars, alliances, and press control. Learn about his aggressive policies and their impact on British dominance.
Arthur Charles Valerian Wellesley, 9th Duke of Wellington, 9th Prince of Waterloo, 10th Duke of Ciudad Rodrigo, 9th Duke of Victoria, GE, OBE, DL (born 19 August 1945), styled Earl of Mornington between 1945 and 1972 and Marquess of Douro between 1972 and 2014, is a British peer and politician. He served as Conservative Member of the European ...
The British offer of mediation between Spain. and her rebellious colonies has been called "one of the most. obscure points" in Hispano-British relations.'. These nego-. tiations formed the basis for the renewed offer of mediation. after the defeat of Napoleon,2 which offer, when rejected, served as a step which led to the Monroe Doctrine and to ...
Henry William Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey KG, GCB, GCH, PC (17 May 1768 – 29 April 1854), styled Lord Paget between 1784 and 1812 and known as the Earl of Uxbridge between 1812 and 1815, was a British Army officer and politician. After serving as a member of parliament for Carnarvon and then for Milborne Port, he took part in the Flanders ...
Wellesley justified the Second Maratha War on two grounds. I J.H. Stocqueler, quoted in philip Mason, A Matter of Honour, An Account of the Indian Armv, - ~ts Officers and Men 1974, Paperback, (London, 1986), pp. 166-7. ' Richard Colley Wellesley was the second earl of Mornington until 1799, but he will be referred to as Wellesley throughout
17 de nov. de 2015 · Lord Mornington - the Marquis of Wellesley (the Duke of Wellington's elder brother) - was the Governor-General from 1797 to 1805 and his predecessor was Cornwallis who administered India using Pitt's India Act. To Wellesley the British paramountcy with a sort of federal set-up in India was dearer to him than anything else, and he had begun to ...
However, as the advocate of the nabob; he asked for nothing but justice; sheer naked justice— justice founded on the facts as lord Wellesley had himself related them; and he was sure that, if the house would but give a fair hearing to the case, these facts thus detailed would be sufficient to induce the house to mark, with the severest reprobation, the conduct of the noble marquis: he hoped ...
